Building Perfomance Analysis REPORT

IT Application for Sustainable Design ARC62004

Student WAN MOHAMAD AFFDHAN BIN WAN MOHAMAD AFFANDI

Student ID 0330551
Tutor Ts. Khairool Aizat Ahmad Jamal
Introduction to Site
Key Plan Location Plan Site Plan

SITE
LOCATION SITE

N N N

Location : Taylor’s Lakeside University

Axonometric View (South of Commercial Block)
Subang Jaya, Selangor

Coordinates : 3.06310319900513,101.6162109375

Existing Building Lake

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BASIC Schematic Design
BASIC Schematic Design
Orthographics | NTS

REF.
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N N N
Ground Floor Plan 1st Floor Plan 2nd Floor Plan

REF. REF.
N N N
3rd Floor Plan 4th Floor Plan 5th Floor Plan

North Elevation South Elevation East Elevation West Elevation

BASIC Schematic Design Sun & Shadow Analysis
Time
Equinox 8.00 AM 12.00 PM 5.00 PM
Summer
Solstice

Winter
Solstice

Spring
Equinox

Fall Equinox

D
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OPTIMIZATION
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Ex N E

02:25

02:2502:25
06:59
17 November
Rotate the largest area of facades facing the East and West to let more sunlight penetrating in to reduce the overall energy usage of using active electrical
STRATEGY IN
ITI
AL
lightings, with the presence of sun shadings to maintain a comfortable amount of sunlight penetration during morning ane evening.
N

W 18:57 S
 BASIC Schematic Design Lighting Analysis
(Time chosen for the analysis is the time of a typical office hours in Malaysia.)
“According to the Chartered Institution of building Service Engineer’s (CIBSE) Code for interior lighting, an office building should have a
design iluminance level of 500lx.”

Floor Plans
Time
8.00 AM 12.00 PM 5.00 PM OVERALL ANALYSIS
Level G
EXISTING EXISTING EXISTING
Service Core
BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING
Service core are placed
N N N on the East and solid
wall at West preventing
penetration of direct
daylight into the space
REF. N from both direction

Level 1
Building Facade
Service Core

Level 2

REF.

N
Solid Wall

Only the North and South facade having glazed win-

dows allow natural daylight to penetrate into the
space, the West is a voidless wall and the East is the
Level 3 service core

Building Orientation
N
bu
ild
ing
E
Service core facing the East
ing
Exis
t 02:25

02:2502:25
06:59
17 November prevents sunlight to pene-
tion
Majority
dayligh
t penetra
trate into the space

N
Level 4 W 18:57 S

OPTIMISATION STRATEGY
Level 5 N
(Open Space)
E W
S

Adding more Adding shade Rotating the

openings on for the east and overall building
the West wall west facade to orientation so
As the levels go up, the yellow area are majority at More and more potentially glaring light pene- The light penetration is not enough to supply control light pen- that more area of
TIME the Southern side, make it especially non-com- trate into the middle of the space, causing the interior spaces naturally, forcing users to use etration the facade faces
ANALYSIS fortable for the users (glaring). The interior how- more discomfort for the users, the lux in the electrical daylighting to lighten up the area. the morning and
ever does not suffer from the same amount of middle increased significantly comparing with evening sun
discomfort as the Southern facade in the morning
 BASIC Schematic Design Solar Radiation Analysis
(Solar radiation is set from 1/JAN/2020 to 31/DEC/2020 from 8.00 am to 5.00pm (typical Malaysian office hours) for a more realistic result)

External Internal

Ground Floor Plan 1st Floor Plan 2nd Floor Plan

N
Roof Plan
Solar radiation level
The roof has the most exposure to (kWh/m2)
solar radiation N
3rd Floor Plan 4th Floor Plan 5th Floor Plan
N

High solar radiation happened in

Solar radiation level
all 4 sides of the building, poten- Most solar radiation occurs at the edges of two directions (North and South), the interior is has little to
(kWh/m2)
tial contributes to the overall heat none solar radiation resulting in a more cooler and comfortable environment, but the edges if faces in
island Northen and Southern receives some solar radiation

ANALYSIS
Higher
Service Core Building Facade Building Orientation Material
GLASS FACADE Concrete

East and West walls

receives high solar
SPACE SPACE radiation due to the
SERVICE CORE solid concrete wall
MORNING
EVENING SUN
SUN Untreated
N N
Glass
N

GLASS FACADE
Curtain wall with

N
Service core are placed on the East and a voidless solid wall
Open and glazed facade allows solar radiation penetrating into Facade facing the North and South allows solar radi- normal untreated
at the West preventing penetration of solar radiation into the
the interior of the building ation to radiate until the interior of the building, and glass brings in
the interior of the building
the East West has stronger radiation on the surrface solar radiation

OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY

Adding solar panels on Vertical fins that lessen the Using low-e glass to reduce the Rotating the building orien-
top of the roof to utilise heat gains inside the build- solar radiation but still maintaining tation to bring in more day
the high heat gain ing sufficient daylight penetration light into the building
BASIC Schematic Design Building Energy Analysis

Based on the energy analysi on Autodesk Insight, these are the changes that can be done to reduce the energy usage of
the building for the BASIC scheme

Goal : 19.90 USD/m2/yr

Current : 14.10 USD/m2/yr
OPTIMIZED Schematic Design
 Service Service Storage
2 m² 2 m² 3 m²
Service Service Storage
2 m² 2 m² 3 m²
Circulation Space
19 m²
Circulation Space
19 m²

Lobby
250 m² Fire Staircase
15 m²
Orthographics | NTS

Fire Staircase
15 m²
Office Space

North Elevation
249 m²

Lavatory
Pantry 7 m²
Lavatory
7 m²
Room 7 m²
OKU Toilet Toilet Toilet
7 m²
4 m² 3 m² 3 m²
OKU Toilet Toilet Toilet
4 m² 3 m² 3 m²
REF.

3rd Floor Plan

REF.
N

N
Ground Floor Plan
OPTIMIZED Schematic Design

South Elevation
Service Service Storage Service Service Storage
2 m² 2 m² 3 m² 2 m² 2 m² 3 m²

Circulation Space Circulation Space

19 m² 19 m²

Fire Staircase Fire Staircase

15 m² 15 m²
Office Space Office Space
249 m² 249 m²

Lavatory Lavatory
7 m² Room 7 m²
Room
7 m² 7 m²
Toilet Toilet

East Elevation
OKU Toilet Toilet Toilet OKU Toilet
1st Floor Plan

4 m² 3 m² 3 m² 4 m² 3 m² 3 m²
4th Floor Plan

REF. REF.
N

Service Service Storage

2 m² 2 m² 3 m²

Circulation Space
19 m²

Fire Staircase
15 m² Fire Staircase
Open Space
323 m² 15 m²
Office Space
DN 249 m²

Lavatory
Room 7 m²
7 m²
West Elevation

OKU Toilet Toilet Toilet

4 m² 3 m² 3 m²
2nd Floor Plan

REF.
5th Floor Plan
N
N
OPTIMIZED Schematic Design Sun & Shadow Analysis
Time
Equinox 8.00 AM 12.00 PM 5.00 PM
Summer
Solstice

Winter
Solstice

Spring
Equinox

Fall Equinox
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 OPTIMIZED Schematic Design Lighting Analysis
(Time chosen for the analysis is the time of a typical office hours in Malaysia.)
“According to the Chartered Institution of building Service Engineer’s (CIBSE) Code for interior lighting, an office building
should have a design iluminance level of 500lx.”

Floor Plans
Time
8.00 AM 12.00 PM 5.00 PM AFTER OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS (overall)
Level G
EXISTING EXISTING EXISTING
Service Core
BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING Service core are relocated and placed at the North facing
N N N the existing building that blocks some sunlight penetra-

REF.
tion to allow East and West to be penetrated by more
service core
sunlight for better comfort level than previous unopti-
mized scheme

MORNING
SUN
EVENING
SUN
INDIRECT SUN N
Level 1 Building Facade
The addition of vertical louvres
diffuses the strong morning
light and evening light to main-
tain a more optimized comfort
level

Level 2 -

Vertical louvres

- -

- -

Due to glazing windows on West,

South and East facade, the place-
ment of the louvres are located
Level 3 through these 3 directions that are
exposed the most to sun

Building Orientation
-

-
Solar Powered
Building are
Daylight Control
orientated (with Lightings
Level 4 service core
facing the
North) 90
degrees coun-
ter-clockwise
E
W from basic
-

- scheme to
East Elevation
allow more light Add daylight control lightings
penetrate inter- in the darker areas to improve
nally comfort level in the evening
- -

Level 5
- -

W E
(Open Space)
The amount of glare is highly In noon, the spaces in the middle In evening, the spaces are well lit
TIME reduced thanks to the sun shadings gets darker when going up the throughout the floors.
ANALYSIS on the edges and the openings in floors, resulting the need to use
N
the South wall contributes to the solar powered lighting source to
even spread of daylight light it up for a good comfort level First Floor Plan
OPTIMIZED Schematic Design Solar Radiation Analysis
(Solar radiation is set from 1/JAN/2020 to 31/DEC/2020 from 8.00 am to 5.00pm (typical Malaysian office hours) for a more realistic result)

External Internal
Solar radiation is tremen-
dously reduced due to the
installation of the vertical
louvres

Ground Floor Plan 1st Floor Plan 2nd Floor Plan

Roof Plan N
Solar radiation level
(kWh/m2)
N
Solar radiation level
(kWh/m2)
N

N
3rd Floor Plan 4th Floor Plan 5th Floor Plan

AFTER OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS

Higher
Service Core Building Facade Solar Energy Building Orientation
To capture maximum sunlight to change into
energy, the placement of the solar panel are
placed strategically to manifest sunlight from all
relevant directions
REF.

service core Sloping roof

-
facing East to
-
capture morning
sunlight

e
gre
de
- - pe
slo
- -

Vertical Low- e glass

louvres

Using the combination of low-e glass and

vertical louvres to still allow maximum sun- gro
un
d fl
oo
r

N light in and reduce the radiation Solar panels xte

nsio
n at

ee
ad
sh

N
Service core are placed on the Introduction of solar panels on the shades
North block sun radiation from on ground floor and the roof to manifest the Since the shade is also
the North into the office space maximum exposure of sunlight and convert exposed to high solar radi-
N them into energy for the interior usage such ation, solar panels are
as powering the interior lightings placed along the shade
OPTIMIZED Schematic Design Building Energy Analysis

Based on the energy analysi on Autodesk Insight, these are the changes that can be
done to reduce the energy usage of the building for the OPTIMIZED scheme.

Goal : 17.20 USD/m2/yr

Current : 12.80 USD/m2/yr
REFERENCES
Solar resource maps of Malaysia. (n.d.). Retrieved November 19, 2020, from https://solargis.com/maps-and-gis-data/download/malaysia

Official Website Department of Occupational Safety and Health - Guidelines on OSH for Lighting at Workplace. (2020). Official Website Department
of Occupational Safety and Health. https://www.dosh.gov.my/index.php/legislation/guidelines/in-
dustrial-hygiene-1/2912-guidelines-on-osh-for-lighting-at-workplace

Passive Solar Design. (2020). Passive Solar Design. https://www.lunchboxarchitect.com/tag/passive-solar-design/